Companies & suppliers
KBA reports rush of buyers for Rapida
KBA has signed orders for more than 60 Rapida presses at the show, comprising "several hundred" printing and coating units overall.
Acculink signs with Scodix for upgrade
Printing and finishing firm Acculink has upgraded to Scodix's S74 B2+ digital embosser, launched at Drupa (Hall 4, stand B31), to replace its Scodix 1200 press.
UPM wins drupa waste recycling contract
UPM (Hall 6, stand D60) expects to recover almost 1,000 tonnes of paper after being awarded the contract to recycle printing waste paper for the second consecutive Drupa.
'Printers want differentiators': a Red Sofa interview with Sappi Europe's Berry Wiersum
Berry Wiersum, chief executive at paper manufacturer Sappi Europe talks to Thomas Fasold
Print-Leeds recruits Lombard to spearhead labels growth
UV litho, digital and label printing company Print-Leeds has appointed Nigel Lombard as new sales development for its label division S&C Labels.
Kodak and Ryobi in 'milestone' hybrid deal
Kodak (Hall 5, stand F9) and Ryobi (Hall 17, stand C1) have signed a worldwide deal at drupa to offer the "first fully integrated hybrid sheetfed press".
Elitron enjoys brisk business in cutting kit
Elitron (Hall 13, stand D4) has reported much interest in its automated cutting systems at Drupa.
Strålfors opts for Océ
Strålfors has signed a 2.4m Drupa deal with Canon subsidiary Océ (Hall 9, stand C39) to complete a 6m spend on its ColorStream 3900 inkjet web press, which was launched last week.
Marketers and printers as one: a Red Sofa interview with Pitney Bowes' Christoph Stehmann
Christoph Stehmann, Pitney Bowes vice-president of document messaging technologies talks to Darryl Danielli
Fuji Xerox plumps for power of Memjet
Fuji Xerox has become the latest company to announce a wide-format printer powered by Memjet's waterfall printhead technology.